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Base Standard Capabilities
| Feature | PowerEdge MX840c Technical Specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Two or four 2nd Generation Intel™ Xeon™ Scalable Processors, up to 28 cores per processor Intel® C628 Chipset with optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology | |
| Memory | Front bays: 48 DIMM slots in total; supports DDR4 RDIMMs, LRDIMMs; up to 2933 MT/s speeds, 3TB maximum (RDIMM), 6TB maximum (LRDIMM) | |
| Persistent Memory | 12 DIMM slots support NVDIMM-N; up to 2933 MT/s, 192GB maximum Supports up to 24 slots for Intel® OptaneTM DC persistent memory PMem (12.2TB) with a maximum total capacity of 15.36TB per server | |
| Availability | ECC | |
| Controllers | Internal controllers: S140 Software RAID, HBA330 Internal SAS HBA, PERC H730P Adapter, PERC H745P Adapter, HBA330 mini-mezzanine SAS HBA Internal boot options: Choice of optional Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS) (2 X M.2 SDDs) or Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) | |
| Drive Bays | Front: Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SDD) or NVMe PCIe SSD | |
| Power Supplies | MX7000 chassis: OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition (OME-Modular); MX7000 chassis: up to 6 3000W; PSU and grid redundancy support | |
| Fans | MX7000 chassis: 5 rear and 4 front-accessible hot-swap fans | |
| Dimensions (LxWxD) | 610.39mm (24.03 inches) x 250.2mm (9.8 inches) x 85.5mm (3.37 inches) | |
| Embedded mgmt | MX7000 chassis: OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition (OME-Modular); up to 2 redundant MX9002m management modules Unified control: single management point for server, storage and networking Intelligent automation: Operational template methodology and comprehensive RESTful API Quick Sync 2 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)/wireless module On compute sled: As with every other PowerEdge server, the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 9 iDRAC Direct iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish | |
| OpenManage™ SW | OpenManage Enterprise | OpenManage Mobile (OMM) OpenManage Power Center (OMPC) |
| Integrations & Connections | Integrations: Microsoft® System Center VMware® vCenter™ BMC Software (available from BMC) Ansible by Red Hat | Connections: Nagios Core and Nagios XI Oracle Enterprise Manager Microfocus Operations Manager (OM) and Operations Manager i (OMi) IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus |
| Security | TPM 1.2/2.0 (optional) Cryptographically signed firmware Silicon Root of Trust | Secure Boot System Lockdown (requires iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter) System Erase |
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| Networking Options (NDC) | MX7000 chassis Fabric options: up to 2 pair redundant general-purpose switch or pass-through modular bays (Fabrics A and B); redundant pair of storage-specific switch bays (Fabric C) Up to 25Gbe, 32Gbps Fibre Channel, 12Gbps SAS | |
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| Front Ports | 1 USB 3.0 port external port | |
| Internal Ports | 1 x USB 3.0 internal port | |
| Video | Integrated VGA controller in iDRAC, VGA over LAN | |
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| Feature | PowerEdge MX840c | PowerEdge M830/FC830 |
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| The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge MX840c (designed for PowerEdge MX7000 chassis) and PowerEdge M830/FC830 (designed for PowerEdge M1000e/VRTX and FX2/FX2S chassis) modular server: | ||
| Processor | • Two or four Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors • Up to 28 cores per socket • Max TDP: 205W | • Two or four Intel® Xeon® E5-4600 v4
Processors • Up to 22 cores per socket • Max TDP: 135 W |
| Chipset | • Intel® C628 • Optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) | Intel® C610 |
| Memory | • 48 DIMM slots • 12 slots enabled for NVDIMM-N • Maximum capacity (RDIMM): 1.5TB • Maximum capacity (LRDIMM): 6TB • Maximum capacity (NVDIMM-N): 192GB | • 48 DIMM sockets • Maximum capacity: 3TB |
| Storage Controllers | • S140 Software RAID • RAID HBA330 MX • H730P MX Performance RAID, 2GB NV cache • H745P MX Performance RAID, internal and external drive connect, 8GB NV cache • HBA330 MX mini-mezz, HBA, external drive connect, no cache | • S130 Software RAID • H330 Entry/Value RAID, no cache • H730 Value RAID, 1GB NV cache • H730P Performance RAID, 2GB NV cache |
| Drive Support | • 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS • 2.5-inch 6Gb SATA • 2.5-inch NVMe | • 2.5-inch 12Gb SAS • 2.5-inch 6Gb SATA • 2.5-inch NVMe • 1.8-inch SAS |
| Drive Backplanes | • 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe • 6 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe for NVDIMM implementations | • 4 x 2.5-inch SAS • 4 x 2.5-inch SATA • 2 x 2.5-inch SATA + 2 x 2.5-inch NVMe • 12 x 1.8-inch SAS |
| Internal Boot | Choice of BOSS (Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem) or IDSDM (Internal Dual SD Module) | IDSDM (Internal Dual SD Module) |
| I/O Slots | • Four PCIe 3.0 x16 Mezz slots (Fabric A and
B) • Two PCIe 3.0 x16 Mini-mezz slot (Fabric C) | • Two bNDC (Ethernet) • Four PCIe 3.0 x8 Mezz slots (M1000e) • Four PCIe 2.0 x8 switch mezz (VRTX) • PCIe adapter for FX2S enablement (FX2) |
| USB | • One internal USB 3.0 port • One external USB 3.0 port • One USB 2.0 management port to iDRAC • One USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 port for IDSDM | • One external USB 3.0 port • One external USB 2.0 port • One internal USB port |
| Video | • Integrated VGA controller in iDRAC • VGA over LAN • 4Gb DDR4 shared with iDRAC application memory | • Integrated VGA controller in iDRAC • VGA over LAN • 2Gb DDR3 shared with iDRAC application memory |
| Management | iDRAC9 | iDRAC8 |
| Security | • Optional TPM 1.2/2.0 • Cryptographically signed firmware • Silicon Root of Trust • Secure Boot • System Lockdown • System Erase | • Optional TPM 1.2 |
| Fans | In chassis | In chassis |
| Power Supplies | Power provided by chassis | Power provided by chassis |
| Chassis | MX7000 | • M830: M1000e / VRTX • FC830: FX2 / FX2S |
